It has been interesting some of the small issues that we have had over the last couple of weeks. Small electrical things here and there, the garage door not always closing or opening. Today Mel had to bring the van to get check the tires. We have barely driven the truck and it did not start when I tried it. We have a battery booster so I used that to start the truck. Every once in a while I think that we will need to take it for a drive. The weather has been quite cold out there so things have not been working exactly the way it should.
While taking a shower I noticed that the side of my head has an indent from the brain surgery. When I try and sleep on that side of my head it is not super comfortable. I realized in the shower today that the indent prevents me from sleeping well as I can feel pressure on where the hole is. There is no bone in that area and the scalp just covers it. I am not fond of the way it feels but it is something that I will get use to. I was wondering why it hurt a bit there and now I know why. If I shave my head now there is an indent. My hair is also not growing in as thick and it grows much slower now compared to before. I only need a haircut once every 3 months as compared to once a month before.
I am starting to work long hours again, from 6:30 to 5:30 at night. It is not necessarily a good thing, but things are a bit busy and there are some things that I need to do. It should settle down in a couple of months. The days fly by and there is some of the work that I think of during times when I am not suppose to be working. That is a sign though that things are starting to get back to normal. I am involved in some analysis work and I think of new ways to expose the problems and to present it better. When I am in my normal state when I take a look at things I can see the next steps that we should be taking and how to progress from that. As a researcher that benefited me a lot as I could take a look and new ideas would pop in and it would be exciting. It is also one of the reasons that I try not to read a lot of research articles. It takes me down a rabbit hole where I just keep on reading and looking things up.
Xavier loves reading and his rate of reading is increasing every day. His goal is now trying to read a 500 page novel in a 2 week span. I think he will be able to hit that soon. Melanie and I read a lot as kids and even though I can read faster than Mel, I spent more of my time reading in my adult years as Mel. She bought some more books for him this evening as Olivier is starting to get interested and she was ordering some books for him. I am not sure what series he is reading, but it was something that my sister bought for him.
Tomorrow it is Melanie’s birthday and the kids have purchased her things and have hid them so she can not find it. At this moment, I just realized that I did not buy her a thing. I am going to blame it on my brain surgery and my head injury. I could give her what Olivier thinks is the best present. Hugs. I am not sure what to get her as we just buy everything that we need now. I could run out tomorrow quickly and pick something up. The chances of her reading this tonight is very low. We were in the truck and she asked me if I had bought a birthday cake for her. I said of course I did. She and I both knew that it was a lie. She wants an ice cream cake so I will pick one up for her tomorrow.
Next week hockey is back and Xavier has a tournament in King City on the 4th. He has not been on the ice for over a month now and his new equipment should be arriving soon enough. I think he can wear it for 3 on 3 hockey and maybe for the playoffs as he gets use to the equipment. Olivier is not looking forward to the tournament, but he is to swimming in the pool. I think it will be a fun outing. I do not think that I am ready to drive so far with just Xavier and myself, so we will need to travel as a family. I enjoy watching him play and I am looking forward to the games again. There are only 2 months left of this season and then it is done.
Q